Sonny Vergara: Don't try to fool workers on FRS

6:45 PM,
Feb. 22, 2013

Sonny Vergara

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Sonny Vergara
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Led by Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker Will Weatherford, the Legislature is moving to end the existing opportunity for public employees to get a reasonable pension after decades of dedicated public service.

The argument offered is that promising government workers a defined retirement creates a potentially unacceptable financial liability for Florida taxpayers. This is a disingenuous argument, because Scott and Weatherford's premise is that the Florida Retirement System cannot be self supporting. This is false.